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ROBERT WASHINGTON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 15, 1949 – May 26, 1970
Service recordRobert Washington, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 26, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 15, 1949
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 26, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date May 26, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 106
- RICHARD LEE RISHSpecialist Four · May 26, 1970
- ROBERT EUGENE SCOTTCorporal · May 26, 1970
- WILLIAM EUGENE SMITHStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1970
- GEORGE EDWARD WALKER JRSergeant First Class · May 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM JOSEPH BUNTINGPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 101
- CARL WAYNE CROWESergeant First Class · Panel 10W, Line 101
- CLARENCE ROSAIRE LAVOIEPrivate First Class · Panel 10W, Line 104
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.